ABAKALIKI — Senate Deputy Committee Chairman on Federal Capital Territory, Senator Anthony Agbo, has called for the establishment of a  comprehensive international agreement between Nigeria and other countries to make it possible for the country’s anti-graft agencies to collaborate with their foreign counterparts in monitoring  visiting public officers from Nigeria and their cronies. Senator Agbo […]

By Vincent Ujumadu AWKA -  THE Anambra State House of Assembly has passed a resolution calling on Governor Peter Obi to lift the ban on employment in the state in the interest of the teeming number of unemployed youths in the state. Adopting the motion sponsored by 29 members of the House and read by […]

By Vincent Ujumadu AWKA —  THE International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law (INTERSOCIETY), has dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and its chairman, Prof Maurice Iwu, before a Federal High Court sitting in Awka, Anambra state, praying the court for an order of Mandamus to compel the commission to start […]

By Taye Obateru & Matthew Adeiza Jos – Against the backdrop of recent uprisings in parts of the North, Nigerians have been called upon to learn to co-exist peacefully and avoid anything capable of breeding disunity in the country. The Senator representing Plateau South District, General John Shagaya (rtd), stated this weekend at the funeral […]

In a communiqué signed by Innocent I. Edemhanria, representing ANEEJ, Mr. Benjamin Iwetan Chairman, Host Communities Producing Oil and Gas (HOSTCON), Delta State chapter, Aiyeki Okpamen, public relations officer, HOSTCON, Edo State Chapter and Mary Fuludu (Niger Delta Women Forum), the participants called for the increase of derivation formula from the current 13 per cent to 50 per cent.

MAKURDI – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has disclosed that no fewer than one million Nigerian children, especially those below the age of five, are lost yearly to preventable childhood killer diseases. According to the world body, the figure connotes that Nigeria ranks tops among countries of Africa where childhood killer diseases continued to […]

By Peter Duru MAKURDI – Organised Labour has threatened to ground economic activities in Benue State to protest the gruesome murder of the state chairman of the Trade Union Congress TUC, Comrade Tony Udu, my unknown gunmen in Makurdi last week. Lamenting what it described as lack of security of lives and property in the […]

By AbdulSalam  Muhammad KANO — Slovenian   Kano Pillars Football Coach,  Sajh Scheich Ivo, says he is already looking at the semi- final stage of the prestigious CAF champions league following the battering of  Sudanese side, El Merrihk  3-1 in the CAF Champions League in Kano. The coach during a post match press conference expressed satisfaction […]

ILORIN – The authorities of the University of Ilorin have finalised arrangements towards citing the Institute of Education of the University in Kabba, Kogi State. Towards actualising this dream, the Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, has set up an academic committee to work out the details of the establishment of the institute. Kabba […]

Chairman, security sub-committee of Nigeria 2009 U-17 World Cup, AIG MD Abubakar, has allayed security fears over the event in the wake of the sectarian crisis in Bauchi and some other northern cities.

By Prince Osuagwu AS infrastructure sharrng is fast becoming the preferred option to multiplicity of telecom infrastructure and an antidote to unhealthy competitive practices of telecom operators that hamper environmental friendliness, telecom infrastructure sharing equipment providers in the country are having their hey days. But that is not also without challenges. So, surrounded by a […]

By Aliyu Dangida DUTSE – THE Jigawa State government has closed down private hospitals and other health institutions operating illegitimately across the state. Speaking to newsmen in Dutse, Director, Procurement and Regulation in the state Ministry of Health, Alhaji Lawan Bala, said the state government had set up a committee headed by him, following a […]

By Chris Ochayi ABUJA – The movement for the creation of Njaba State has rejected the recommendation of the State Creation Coordination Committee constituted by the Imo State Government, which put forward the proposed Ugwuaku state as the only potentially viable state to be supported. The movement in a statement at the weekend, said the […]

By Chidi Nkwopara OWERRI – THE joint Council of South East and Northern Traditional Rulers rose from a meeting in Owerri, Imo State capital, weekend, condemning the looting and destruction of lives and properties of innocent Nigerians in some Norther states. In a communique issued at the end of the meeting and signed by the […]

LAST week Monday,Nigeria’s SAT3 submarine cable system, had a default on one of its landing cables linking the Benin Republic and up till now, about 70 percent of Nigeria’s internet capacity is said to be still hanging on the balance .